Monday, September 12, 2011

Finally...


Guten Tag!  We finally made it to Wien.  I’m so pumped to finally be here.  The weather is warm und sonnig and unusually warm for this time of year which ist sehr gut!  We arrived on Friday…about 12 of us had our luggage lost which meant that I wore the same outfit for about 40 hours. We stayed in a hotel the first night and then our host families picked us up yesterday.  Annisija Wallin and I get to stay with Liselotte Ekl in district 13 of Vienna.  We call her Lisel and she calls us “girlies.”  She speaks great English but is helping us improve our German by mainly speaking to us auf Deutsch.  She is atheletic, loves South American culture, and her back yard is filled with fruits that we eat for breakfast every morning. Overall, my first impressions of Vienna are super positive.  I am so excited to get to live and experience this beautiful city and culture for three whole months!  
 This is our room that we share... we have our own bathroom (separate from our host) which is lucky since most don't have that luxury

Monday, September 5, 2011

Summing Up Summer...



This summer has been a blast!  Here are some pictures to sum up such a solid summer:
BYU Chamber Orchestra China Tour


Tokyo with the Family

Some solid double reed action at IDRS at ASU



Cousin shoot out...last one standing wins

Gum surgery...lots of reed making
not lots of practicing


Zoo


Happy Birthday to me


All we know is she's called the Stig!


The Fujita Winds
Madeline Island Music Camp

We play the bassoon


bassoons and pianos...can't get any better
Louie was a little sad we shaved him


the official drink of summer goodness

Dan's Senior Trip
Part I. Zions

Part II. Las Vegas

Fly Fishing 





Jamming on Balboa Island
We earned one dollar,


 sang songs about people walking by,




chased people playing the theme from Jaws, 

 
and made a friend with a Ukulele.


Auf Wiedersehen Summer....

Guten Tag Austria!!!!

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Thank You Austria

Some things that call Austria home:


Heidi Klum

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Marie Antoinette

Wolfgang Puck

The real Von Trapp Family Singers



Adolf Hitler


Sigmond Freud


Ferdinand Porsche- inventor of Porsche and Volkswagen


PEZ the candy


the Sewing Machine


Hahnenkammrennen at Kitzbuhel- the most demanding race course in the world cup circuit


Wienerschnitzel

and most importantly the musicians:


Mozart


Strauss


Liszt



Mahler


Haydn


Schubert


Bruckner


Schoenberg


Beethoven


Johannes Brahms